The School for Scandal (1777)

Author
Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Work Type
Mainpiece
Genre
Comedy
Performance Medium
Spoken Drama
Associated work receipts The physical apparatus employed on and around the stage to support, enhance and sometimes substitute the performers' enactment of drama.
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
£66,271 12s £456 15s 6d (0.7%) £65,814 16s 6d (99.3%)
1732 - 1809
£66,271 12s - (100%) £456 15s 6d (0.7%) £65,814 16s 6d (99.3%)
Total Performances
Covent Garden
Drury Lane
295 2 293
1732 - 1809
295 2 293
Theatre
Mainpiece/afterpieces
Years
1732
1809
Most common pairings

Performances

Dates Theatre Performances Requested Commands Benefit Revenue Available Revenue % Capacity %
15 Nov 1782 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Too Civil by Half No No Yes £121 4s 6d N/A N/A
10 Dec 1782 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Too Civil by Half No No No £102 15s 37% N/A
07 Jan 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £188 16s 45% N/A
22 Jan 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Triumph of Mirth No No No £139 15s 40% N/A
03 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Bon Ton, Highland Reel No No Yes £278 3s 31% N/A
25 Apr 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Citizen, Devonshire Minuet, Imitations No No Yes £184 1s 46% N/A
15 May 1783 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Lyar, The Butterfly, Time Has Not Thinned My Flowing Hair No No Yes £209 15s 6d 42% N/A
18 Oct 1784 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, The Gentle Shepherd, Highland Reel No No No £240 9s 6d N/A N/A
08 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Harlequin Junior No No No £216 13s 6d N/A N/A
30 Nov 1784 Drury Lane The School For Scandal, Arthur and Emmeline No No No £208 17s 6d N/A N/A
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